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Old 17-02-2006, 01:16 PM posted to aus.gardens
HailtotheDuck
 
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Default my passionfruit is dying - please help!!

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On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 15:06:34 +1100, HailtotheDuck
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Hello there

I have had an extremely happy nellie kelly vine that I planted
about four years ago, and for the last two years we have been
able to supply passionfruit by the boxful to all of our
neighbours and friends. About two weeks ago a section of it
started to wilt and turn brown and the unripe fruit puckered
up and dropped off, and now most of the vine is turning up its
toes.

It seems to have a bit of a powdery grey thing happening on
some of the stems and fruit, but the leaves seem to look ok,
right up to the moment when they wilt and die.

Does anyone know what is happening? Is there anything I can
do to save the rest of the vine? And is there any way I can
prevent whatever-it-is from killing off the other passionfruit
vine round the side of the house?

Any ideas or advice would be greatly appreciated.










Nellie Kelly is only goo for 4 or 5 years.

Ideally, plant a new one every 3 years in different spots in
the garden.




Thank you Jonno and rainman

I was worried that my plant might have contracted some sort of
virus thing that would spread through the garden and kill off
all my best-loved plants, including the new passionfruit on the
side fence.

To answer your question Jonno - I'm in Melbourne, and I guess
the dear old vine had a bit of a tough life - in two years I
think it must have produced enough fruit to supply all the
pavlova and sponge makers of the southern hemisphere for a
decade. Perhaps it's just exhausted.

I'm sad that my incredibly fruity vine has reached the end of
its (short) life, but gosh that's a lot better than having my
whole garden succumb to a
horrible-unstoppable-plant-killing-virus-from-hell.

Thanks again, I really do appreciate your help.

Cath

I Had to prune my unstoppable vine, some trailing vines were cut
and I got a scolding from the "one that must be obeyed" Because
the leaves started to die. Not surprisingly I copped a blast. AT
least I can get to the garden shed and beyond now!!








Now you're just bragging.

I have to confess, I'm on the side of She. My husband would have
copped a blast from me too if he'd messed with my passionfruit vine.

When I had a passionfruit vine.

Sob.

So, can you recommend a variety of passionfruit that lasts a
little longer than the nellie kelly? I know passionfruit vines
don't last for ever, but a couple of bumper harvests followed by a
dramatic death just isn't enough for me.





Now you know why its called a passion fruit tree.
I need to get to my shed so I can get some peace from "she"
"She" reckoned the passion fruit "vine" has been messed about much
too much and were not talking about the one that lasts 5/7 years.
If I were you, I'd grow one from seed. Never mind the grafted
variety. Just use a few seeds from the vine.
Its always hype. (You didnt eat them all did you?) Ours grew from
seed and was never grafted allong side a plant from a nursery.
This year things in my yard are growing so fast we had to put a
"stop" sign in the garden so "she" wont use the garden paths.
Pumpkins went rampant, grass cant be cut, its a jungle.
When I brag its about things its because fowl manure allows me too.
The rains have been regular. That also helps.
What is it about doing a bit of light trimming? It neve kills
anything, and allows you to regulate plants and in most cases makes
it grow better anyway. The few deads vines are no problem. Dont be
such a sissy. Real men cut and slash. They have created the
conditions to do so. I may have to get the whip out yet and say to
the vine "one more step and you die" Never let em get the upper hand
That always gets 'em. I show em the ZERO too.
O dear, time for the valium to start kicking in. I'm high on
plants.....






So let me get this straight... "She" keeps Jonno in line inside the
house, and then Jonno gets out in the garden and lets out his
testosterone on the plants, just to make sure they know who's boss.

It sounds like "she" has the chain of command pretty well organised
at your place.

You're quite right of course, a bit of trimming would make a world
of difference to my garden. Except for the (late lamented)
passionfruit everything in growing like crazy, and I expect there
are whole families of jungle hyenas and wildebeests living behind
the asparagus patch.

I'm obviously not enough of a real man. Though I expect my husband
prefers it that way.



Oh hell my secrets out.
No I try to please "her" but common sense gets in the way, like it
should.
You cant have your mates over otherwise...Burn and slash but "do no
harm" is out motto."
They all whinge about their passion fruits having died on the vine.
A bit of trimming could see all their love lives turn around.
Of course, when youre ninety like me, its really doesnt matter much.
A good slash never hurt anyone. I worry the nurses a bit though when
I stare at then through the ward window at 2 oclock in the morning...
Geez can they run....They reckon Ive got alzheimeres but I can
remember when I used to er be able to spell
azlheememmemrs. Bugger me spellcheckers also got asl bugger gone awol!







I lied im 59 but a good storyteller





Mmmm... I expect those nurses might have a thing or two to say if you
came at them with the secateurs. Or the ZERO.

Even if you promised it'd turn their love lives around.

Yeah I reckon. Anyway were off topic...
You might like the love lives of passion fruit onvine er online...
http://www.passionfruit.org.nz/Intending_growers.htm

Its a professional growers site. But full of goodness.....
Found this by googling online




Thank you Jonno, lots of good stuff for me on that site. I shall do lots
of exploring, and then I shall find a way to grow the un-killable,
un-stoppable, un-beatable passionfruit. Then I might even be able to
brag to you.

I apologise for going off topic. All right... way - - - off topic.

I'm new to newsgroups, I don't know the rules. But I'm learning.

Cath